One school bus, carrying kids to two schools in crash
NEWNAN -- A school bus carrying students to two different schools was involved in a crash Thursday morning.
Originally, reports were the crash involved two buses, but a school spokesman confirmed it was one bus, traveling to two different schools. The bus was carrying students when it crashed at SR-16 and SR-34 in Coweta County. There were minor injuries, and some students were transported to the hospital.
Dean Jackson, a spokesman for Coweta Schools, told 11Alive News: "Coweta school bus #115-99 carrying Evans Middle School and Newnan High School students was involved in an accident with 2 passenger vehicles on Carrollton Highway (Hwy 16) near the intersection at Cofield Road."
Thirty students were on the bus at time of accident. Twelve students and a bus driver were taken to the hospital for evaluation. The other students continued on the trip to school.